Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] there be to " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I heard there were to be fireworks , ’ Sean said . |
2 | ‘ I thought I said there were to be no unaccompanied flights ? ’ she snaps . |
3 | I said there was to be a sale , but I would ask the solicitor ; and afterwards , when he came to take the barometer away , he took it down from the wall very , very gently . |
4 | And of the three of us who knew there was to be a young man on his way down to us by that path during the evening , how many have already made the leap forward to give this nameless victim a name , and begin to see certain reasons why it might be expedient for some if he never reached us ? |
5 | He said there were to be several explicit love scenes . " |